An opinion piece from writer Lindy West in Wednesday’s New York Times called, “The Ivanka Trump Guarantee," says that the first daughter's image as a feminist and progressive “antidote” to her father’s misogynistic and xenophobic behavior is a mirage. West writes, "Ivanka has played her role dutifully. Pretending to care about women’s upward mobility just enough to soothe the complacent and provide plausible deniability for her father." She then goes on to write that Ivanka has been “portrayed as liberal America’s consolation prize, like a Christmas present from an absentee dad plunked on the doormat in February." West then adds that since 'hope has been on thin ground since November', people are still buying it.